Avira is extending its portfolio with a new solution for Mac – Avira Security, giving people a free and easy way to secure their everyday online lives and enhance their Mac experience. Because these days, nearly every day is online day \u2013 so let\u2019s make it a more secure one.<\/p>\n
Going online on social media is a daily experience for 79% of Americans according to the Statista Global Consumer Survey from 2018. This level of online activity means there is a lot of potential exposure going on: according to a recent Statista report – in just 60 seconds, there are more than 156 million emails sent, 29 million WhatsApp messages processed, 350,000 tweets, and 243,000 photos added to Facebook. Even if it is known that every bit of ransomware and Trojan targeting the Mac was stopped \u2013 it could still leave a user\u2019s privacy exposed to hackers stealing private data or leave a person frustrated by their device\u2019s limited memory storage and lagging performance.<\/p>\n \u201cThis gap is why we developed Avira Security \u2013 it\u2019s the security app that enhances the everyday security of a user\u2019s online life and which seamlessly dovetails into the look and feel of a Mac user experience,\u201d said Travis Witteveen, CEO of Avira.<\/p>\n The many faces of online security<\/strong><\/p>\n As measured by the sheer volume of targeted malware, Macs are among the safer computing devices. But, this relative safety does not automatically transfer to what the user does every day — the browsed websites, the phishing attacks exposed to, or even the safety of downloaded files. It does not do anything to encrypt a user\u2019s activities while using a public WiFi or to help keep their Mac from getting clogged up with an overload of cached files.<\/p>\n Features you don\u2019t want to miss<\/strong><\/p>\n Avira Security is designed to make proactive steps easy, enabling users to be more secure and easily practice good online security habits. Just by turning on Avira Security, it is easier to connect online more securely, check downloads for malicious content, and optimize a Mac\u2019s available disk space.<\/p>\n Encrypted connections:<\/em> When Avira Security is turned on, it automatically connects to the closest and fastest Avira VPN server. By placing all communication and messages into Avira\u2019s secure and encrypted tunnel, this ensures that online activities are kept anonymous and away from prying eyes. It does this with the MacOS encryption protocol, making the VPN transition as smooth as possible. In addition, by shielding the user\u2019s real IP address, it helps keep their identity hidden from invasive trackers.<\/p>\n Protection in real-time:<\/em> Avira Security syncs a user\u2019s Downloads folder with known malware samples from the Avira Protection Cloud, giving each user a real-time warning when something malicious has been downloaded.<\/p>\n On-demand control of files and websites:<\/em> Avira Security will let the user know if a file or website has potentially malicious content. All it takes is simply dragging and dropping a file or a website URL from Finder, Mail, Messages, or Safari over to the Avira icon. Avira will check if it\u2019s clean or potentially malicious with malware, phishing links, or spam and then give users a clear \u201csafe\u201d or \u201cnot safe\u201d response.<\/p>\n Optimized storage:<\/em> Avira Security cleans out the various caches on the Mac to free up more functional disk space. It does this by looking into the cache folders of the Finder, Safari, Mail, iTunes and App Store apps and instantly cleaning out what it finds.<\/p>\n Just touch it<\/strong><\/p>\n Avira Security is designed from the ground up for Mac users. This means the way it looks, the way it feels, the way it provides \u201cone-click protection,\u201d and its full integration with the new TouchBar on the latest MacBook Pro. The TouchBar is a little touchscreen stretching along the top of the Mac keyboard showing an array of icons and commands from active apps. \u201cWhile the TouchBar is currently just an option for Mac buyers, we see it and our \u2018one-click\u2019 integration with it, as a step into the future,\u201d explained Vikas Seth, director of Avira Connect. When Avira Security is active, the TouchBar displays its app status along with the very accessible Start and Stop icons.<\/p>\n It\u2019s easy, free \u2013 and no ads<\/strong><\/p>\n Avira Security is a free security app \u2013 and we do mean free. There are no strings attached or streams of targeted ads with this app. \u201cEffective security really needs to be easy and convenient for people to use it,\u201d added Vikas Seth. Avira Security is a proof on how users can easily enhance their device security and performance \u2013 and pick up some good online security habits at the same time.<\/p>\n Avira Security is available for free at the Apple App store and at Avira.com.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":17099,"template":"","news_categories":[185],"yoast_head":"\n
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